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How to deal with drug-resistant E Coli?

Escherichia coli (E coli) is one of the most common bacteria in the world and is one that we know most about.  The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Fleming drastically reduced deaths caused by bacterial infections and was then a major breakthrough in the world of science and biochemistry.

Drug-resistant bacteria pose a real threat to us in the way that it is possible that one day there will be no bacteria susceptible to anti-biotics and we would effectively revert to the days prior to the discovery of penicillin. This potential outcome is worrisome to many scientists.

I have outlined here a number of more natural methods of killing bacteria that have used in the past that remain effective on drug-resistant bacteria.

Ozone

Ozone is tri-atomic oxygen and is extremely unstable; however it is also a very potent bacteriacide. It is often used on an industrial scale to kill bacteria and fungi but more and more it’s finding its way in the household.  Ozonators can easily be purchased online and can help to kill all germs in water and the great advantage of using ozone is that the ozone degrades into Oxygen and does not leave any unwanted chemicals in the water.  Ozonated water can also be used to wash vegetables which has the effect of killing germs in the vegetables.  Ozonated water will retain its anti-microbial properties for about 20 minutes at room temperature before the ozone dis-integrates to become oxygen.

You can do a simple Google search to find a home-use ozonator.

Silver

Silver has always been known to have anti-microbial properties and in the past some people put a silver coin in a water jar to keep the water dis-infected. Silver compounds are also used in wound dressing to reduce the chances of wounds becoming septic. Its use as an antiseptic dates back many centuries and was suspected to have been adopted independently by different civilisations in history. Silver Ions and Colloidal silver have been shown to exhibit anti-microbial efficacy.

Buying Silver Hong Kong [solved]

I’ve been looking around a lot for places to buy and sell silver in Hong Kong and I have finally found a place and bought some silver from them today.

The place to go is:-

Lee Cheong Gold Dealers Ltd
Ground Floor, 65-69 Bonham Strand East, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Tel : +852 2542 1400

If you take the MTR – it is at the Sheung Wan Station and you have to get out at Exit A2.

They have silver ingots in different sizes – I think they also trade in Gold and other precious metals and I think they will take silverware and give you money for it but the handling charges are higher.

Their office is at but go to the address above since it’s their retail outlet.

Room 705, Wing On House, 71 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

And apparently they have been around for 60 years so I think they are reasonably reputable. The trading costs are quite reasonable and I was pretty happy with the service overall.

Around Dec, 2011 – I found another place which sells physical silver called Kitco (www.kitco.com.hk) – There silver products are good too but the spread is higher so you lose more money in the transaction of buying and selling.

Comments : Cinema Hong Kong, Industrial Property Search Hong Kong

香港哪裡可以找到名牌商店

昨天我去了位於西九龍的圓方,以下是值得注意的品牌的清單,並附上相關網站的連接:-

(1) 香港泊車優惠
(2) 香港大型書局
(3) 香港 路易威登
(4) 香港The Grand戲院
(5) 香港 愛馬仕
(6) 香港 古馳
(7) 香港 卡地亞
(8) 香港 豐澤
(9) 香港 周生生
(10) 香港 H&M
(11) 香港最佳育嬰室
(12) 香港 溜冰場
(13) 香港 電影 戲院
(14) 香港 百老匯

Where to find Branded Shops in Hong Kong

I went to Elements Mall in West Kowloon yesterday and I have compiled a list of noteworthy brands with their links listed below:-

(1) Parking Promotion Hong Kong

(2) Bookstore in Hong Kong

(3) Louis Vuitton Hong Kong

(4) The Grand Cinema, Elements

(5) Hermes Hong Kong

(6) Gucci Hong Kong

(7) Cartier Hong Kong

(8) Fortress Hong Kong

(9) Chow Sang Sang Hong Kong

(10) H&M Hong Kong

(11) Best Baby Room Hong Kong

(12) Ice Rink Hong Kong

(13) Grand Cinema Hong Kong

(14) Hong Kong Broadway

Centos 5.4 – install x windows KDE doesn’t work (x86_64) [solved]

If you like me installed Centos 5.4 (x86_64) on a machine without having installed X windows (KDE or Gnome) and tried to re-install it afterwards and run into problems – it’s normal.

You will no doubt have found all these posts about how you should run:-

yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"

or

yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
And then if there was a problem – there would be posts telling you that “GNOME Desktop Environment” is case-sensitive – blah blah…. So then you double check the command you ran and you find that you are correct. And then you think it may be a video card drivers problem. When you run the above command you will receive many “Transaction check error”s such as the ones below such as the following and others with Openssl.

file /usr/share/man/man8/selinux.8.gz from install of libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.5.el5 conflicts with file from packagelibselinux-1.33.4-2.el5

In fact, the problem is to do with the architecture of your computer which arises from packages for both i386 and x86_64 being installed for OpenSSL and if you try to uninstall openssl there will be about 500 other packages that you will need to install.
Solution
When you run:-
yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
and you get transaction check errors – then you must find out what is conflicting and then if openssl is conflicting then run
yum remove openssl*.i386
And then you will prompted with about 30 dependencies that need to uninstalled… I uninstalled these dependencies and everything still worked – I can’t guarantee that it would work for you too.
After you do that X Windows should install properly when you run the following command again:-
yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
For the future to avoid having this architecture problem; you should include a line to exclude other i386 packages from being installed:-
(1) Go into /etc/yum.conf
(2) Add line exclude='*.i386 *.i486 *.i586 *.i686 *.athelon'

Shopping Ideas in Hong Kong

For some people, shopping is a way of life….. I feel sorry for them but we shouldn’t these these pre-dispositions against them.

I found that the shopping mall in Hong Kong with the cheapest and best parking has to be Elements. It is ideal for those coming from Mainland China and people living in Kowloon but probably not as good for those in Hong Kong. It is large and does offer a huge number of shops and restaurants. I couldn’t find them on Google Maps if you search “Hong Kong shopping mall” you should find them.

Medical Supplies from China

Been Looking at some medical suppliers in China. This week’s special feature is a company called Commercial Agencies Ltd which was incorporated in 1966 in Hong Kong. The reason this company deserves a special feature is because it’s long history in exporting from China speaks volumes about its reliability, its corporate values and its professionalism.

There are too many “fly-by-night” companies nowadays whose business ethnics are suspect and professional values bankrupt – and Commercial Agencies is a company regard with utmost esteem. We have taken the liberty to highlight some of the products that we found to be of a high quality that we wish to recommend to people trying to source quality medical products from China.

Please let us know how you get on.

Hong Kong to Guangzhou | Guangzhou to Hong Kong Train Timetable 香港往返廣州直通火車時間表

Last Updated 16 January, 2013
Hong Kong (Hung Hom) to Dongguan (Changping) |  Dongguan (Changping) to Hong Kong (Hung Hom)
香港(紅磡)往東莞(常平) | 東莞(常平)往香港(紅磡)

Hung Hom (Hong Kong) to Dongguan (Changping)
紅磡(香港)往東莞(常平)

Train No.
車次
Train Schedule
時間表
Single Journey Ticket Fare
單程票價
Depart
Hung Hom
紅磡開
Arrive Donnguan
到東莞
Standard Class
一等
Adult* 成人*
T812 07:25 08:36 HK$ 145
T824(Ktt) 08:15 09:25 HK$ 145
T820 09:24 10:35 HK$ 145
T804 10:52 12:04 HK$ 145
T826(Ktt) 13:11 14:21 HK$ 145
T818 14:32 15:44 HK$ 145
T810 16:35 17:47 HK$ 145
T828(Ktt) 18:00 19:10 HK$ 145
T816 18:44 19:56 HK$ 145
T802 20:01 21:13 HK$ 145
 

Dongguan (Changping) to Hung Hom (Hong Kong)
東莞(常平)往紅磡(香港)

Train No.
車次
Train Schedule
時間表
Single Journey Ticket Fare
單程票價
Depart Donnguan
東莞(常平)開
Arrive Hung Hom
到紅磡
First Class / Standard Class
一等
Adult* 成人*
T801 09:03 10:17 HK$ 145
T807 09:48 11:02 HK$ 145
T813 10:39 11:53 HK$ 145
T823(Ktt) 11:21 12:33 HK$ 145
T809 14:48 16:02 HK$ 145
T825(Ktt) 16:22 17:34 HK$ 145
T815 16:58 18:12 HK$ 145
T803 18:17 19:31 HK$ 145
T819 19:04 20:18 HK$ 145
T827(Ktt) 21:14 22:26 HK$ 145

Foshan 佛山
Hong Kong (Hung Hom) to Foshan
香港(紅磡)往佛山
Origin / Destination
出發地 / 目的地
Train
車次
Departure Time
開出時間
Arrival Time
抵達時間
Kowloon, Hong Kong / Foshan
九龍, 香港 / 佛山
T804 10:52 13:47

Guangzhou (East)

Hong Kong (Hung Hom)  to Guangzhou (East) |  Guangzhou (East) to Hong Kong (Hung Hom)
香港(紅磡)往廣州東 | 廣州東往香港(紅磡)
Timetable and Fare Information (in HK$ & time)
時間表為香港時間及票價均以港幣價計算

Hung Hom (Hong Kong) to Guangzhou East
紅磡(香港)往廣州東

Train No.
車次
Train Schedule
時間表
Single Journey Ticket Fare
單程票價
Depart Hung Hom
紅磡開
Arrive Guangzhou
East
到廣州東
Premium Class
特等
Standard Class
一等
Adult*
成人*
Adult* 成人*
T812 07:25 09:24 HK$ 190
T824(Ktt) 08:15 10:12 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T820 09:24 11:23 HK$ 190
T804 10:52 12:51 HK$ 190
T808* 11:32 13:26 HK$ 190
T814* 12:23 14:17 HK$ 190
T826(Ktt) 13:11 15:08 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T818 14:32 16:31 HK$ 190
T810 16:35 18:34 HK$ 190
T828(Ktt) 18:00 19:57 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T816 18:44 20:43 HK$ 190
T802 20:01 22:00 HK$ 190

* Trains will not call at Dongguan Station
* 列車不會停經東莞站

Guangzhou East to Hung Hom (Hong Kong)
廣州東往紅磡(香港)

Train No.
車次
Train Schedule
時間表
Single Journey Ticket Fare
單程票價
Depart Guangzhou
East
廣州東開
Arrive Hung Hom
到紅磡
Premium Class
特等
First Class / Standard Class
一等
Adult
成人
Adult
成人
T801 08:19 10:17 HK$ 190
T807 09:04 11:02 HK$ 190
T813 09:55 11:53 HK$ 190
T823(Ktt) 10:37 12:33 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T817* 12:03 13:56 HK$ 190
T809 14:04 16:02 HK$ 190
T825(Ktt) 15:38 17:34 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T815 16:14 18:12 HK$ 190
T803 17:33 19:31 HK$ 190
T819 18:20 20:18 HK$ 190
T827(Ktt) 20:30 22:26 HK$ 230 HK$ 190
T811* 21:32 23:25 HK$ 190

* Trains will not call at Dongguan Station
* 列車不會停經東莞停


Zhaoqing

Hong Kong (Hung Hom) to Zhaoqing
香港(紅磡)往肇慶
Origin / Destination
出發地 / 目的地
Train
車次
Departure Time
開出時間
Arrival Time
抵達時間
Kowloon, Hong Kong / Zhaoqing
香港, 九龍 / 肇慶
T804 10:42 14:29

 

Vertex Funds – Wine Investment | Arbitrage Fund | Alternative Investments

Vertex Asset Management group specializes in alternative investments. Our GOAL is ‘To provide the best alternative investment portfolios targeting on delivering superior absolute return’.

富滙資產管理集團專注於另類投資。我們的目標是‘提供最佳的另類投資組合,實踐卓越的絕對回報‘ 。

8 December, 2009 Hong Kong – Vertex Asset Management Group (“Vertex”) are proud to announce the launch of their website (www.vertexfunds.com). A feature-rich presence through which users can browse and peruse information about funds managed by Vertex and learn about who Vertex are and what they do. All information are mirrored in Traditional Chinese and English rendering it accessible to a wider demographic and Vertex’s new brand identity purveys all communication. Users are reminded that they must agree to the disclaimer (http://www.vertexfunds.com/disclaimer/en/index.php) before they can browse the contents of the website. Vertex wishes users an informative, useful and enjoyable experience.

2009年12月8日,香港 – 富滙資產管理集團 (“富滙”) 很榮幸地宣布推出其網站 (www.vertexfunds.com)。通過這個功能豐富的網站,用戶可以瀏覽並仔細閱讀有關富滙旗下的基金和了解富滙是誰和做什麼。所有的資訊都有繁體中文及英文版本,希望能獲得更廣泛的接觸面而富滙的新的品牌標誌可以展現有關信息。提示用戶,他們必須同意網站的聲明 ( http://www.vertexfunds.com/disclaimer/en/index.php)才能瀏覽網站的內容。富滙希望為用戶提供一個內容豐富、實用和愉快的體驗。